by Rebel Fagin Ah, the holiday season, a time when people gather in public places to shop and enjoy the warmth of humanity. What better time to educate people about the struggle in Palestine. One way to do this is by singing Christmas carols that, in the tradition of the IWW, have been modified with […]

Alice Walker’s recent book Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel weaves a collection of horrific tales with the lifelong activist’s wisdom and words of hope. This thin 75 page book (or booklet) is published by Seven Stories Press in 2010. Walker (no relation to me) starts the […]